Committee of the whole meeting on ICE scheduled for Jan. 14

News-Times, The (Danbury, CT)

Published 7:00 pm, Monday, January 7, 2008

The Common Council is considering whether to enroll some police officers in ICE ACCESS, a wide-ranging federal program that could give local police more authority to enforce immigration law. The item came up for a vote in front of the Common Council on last Thursday.

The move to push for a committee of the whole meeting on the plan came from Danbury Common Council member Paul Rotello.

The Common Council will hear from the police department command staff, who will explain the ICE program. City lawyers will address the legal aspects of the program at the meeting, Boughton told the News-Times last week.

Common Council members will then have the opportunity to discuss the issue and ask questions. The public can attend but cannot speak or ask questions at the meeting.

It will then be put to a vote of the Common Council, most likely in February.